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The Riding Habit.

Supporting the Equestrian Community.

Horse Boarding
Grassroots Horse Development & Sales
custom clinics

Horse Board.

Near Cochrane, Alberta.

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Priceless

Community & Mentor Support

A community that offers peer-to-peer mentorship, thoughtful conversation & guidance, shared knowledge & support for trainers, riders & their equine partners.

$750/horse/month

Paradise Package
Includes hay, outdoor paddock, facility access & wifi.

Starting at $100+/horse/person

Equine & Rider Wellness
Onsite farrier, massage, reiki, chiropractic & barefoot trimming offerings for your horse & onsite massage for yourself.

Reserve your paddock
“Our horses are VERY happy at home at @diamondwillowfarms in their peaceful environment. Horses who come for starting or restarting learn quicker when they are secure in their living environment.”
— Skystone Farms

Grassroots Development.

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An indoor horse riding arena with a rider on a horse practicing jumps near colorful obstacle poles set up in the background.

DWF, in support of local trainers & their programs, hosts short-term support & clinics for young horses & developing riders to build confidence & restore horse–rider connection.

Our Mission

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We focus on enhancing each horse’s natural ability—encouraging them to become willing & confident partners in the journey toward excellence no matter your discipline of choice.

Are You Ready to Transform Your Partnership with Your Horse?

Are you…

• Struggling to build a deeper connection with your horse?

• Craving more independence, confidence, & clarity in how you communicate?

• Frustrated with your horses’ lack of willingness to go forward?

• Tired of recurring behavioural patterns that keep you stuck & disconnected from your horse?

• Desiring to give your young horse a trauma-free & ethical foundation?

• Seeking progressive & horse-first solutions?

Welcome to The Riding Habit at DWF.

We are rooted in grace, science, & true partnership that supports performance.

We support:

• Excellence through wisdom & communication, not shortcuts.

• Training that honours the horse’s voice.

• Raising or riding young warmbloods with future sport or sale in mind.

For Riders Who Know There’s More.

This is not another program. We do not offer horses for lessons. This is a highly specialized & personalized development atmosphere for existing partnerships.

We offer supportive development opportunities for:

• Trainers & their programs.
• Competing athletes seeking to elevate their performance with supplemental training.
• Riders looking to enhance feel, timing, & clarity at a high level.
• Breeders who want to advance their prospects for the sport or market.

We offer a limited number of spaces.

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Meet the Team
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Meet the Team.

  • ✨ Classical dressage, equitation, & conscious horsemanship

    ✨ Professional National Rider

    My passion is driven by the horse. I hope to share this passion & my 15 years experience with the DWF community by giving them a home to elevate their partnerships & consequently, their riding.

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  • ✨Founder of Skystone Farms

    ✨ Equine Canada certified english jump instructor

    ✨ World Cup Qualifier

    Leadership can't exist without a willing follower. In order for us to cultivate willing participation in our horses we need to work with their agency. Understanding Learning Theory and applying it to the empirical evidence of 40 years working with horses informs our methods.

“I imported a few high quality show jumpers. I got very lucky with one & the other taught me how pressure & stress affects them in some training environments. We bought her as a 1.4m+ horse but she went dead lame & wouldn’t jump over 1m. Through addressing her pain & mistrust I was able to enjoy some of the best rounds of my life with her in the 1.35m. She is now happily retired on our farm & gave use three beautiful foals. 🤍 (Her & I are pictured together above).

I met Paul last summer. I was going to quit riding. There was some ceiling I reached that I couldn’t surpass & I was frustrated. Paul introduced a whole new world to me, through the TRT method & his own findings, on how to effectively listen & directly communicate to horses. Together we have worked with what some may call “hard horses”, and gave them new starts. We both have a few young stock that we are just enjoying the process with. We give horses trauma free foundations so they can be equipped to live in our worlds 🤍”
— Annelyse

Why we love DWF.

  • Mountains, a lake, and forest under a sky with pink and blue clouds at sunset.

    Unbeatable Location.

    20 minutes to West Bragg & Kananaskis country. 30 minutes to Downtown Calgary. 40 minutes to Canmore.

  • Open outdoor horse racing or track arena with circular dirt track, green grass on the sides, a white building, trees, and power lines in the distance under a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds.

    Facility Access.

    Enjoy your choice of our Indoor (80ft x 250ft) & outdoor (180ft x 260ft) arenas in a quiet atmosphere. Washrooms, wash bays, tack up stalls, & wifi.

  • A rainbow arching across a partly cloudy sky over a rural field with hay bales, small trees, and a wooden fence.

    Onsite Camping.

    RV hook ups giving the ability to camp with your horse where they get to feel comfortable too.

  • Mountains with snow-capped peaks at sunrise or sunset, with the moon visible in the clear sky.

    Wellness, Massage, & Chiropractic Services

    Passionate onsite certified reiki, massage, & Chiro practitioners.

  • Community

    Community

    A collective who share the hunger to learn from & enjoy their horses in a peaceful environment.

FAQs.

  • We provide daily visual checks, feeding, & paddock management.

  • We are 12 minutes to main street Cochrane.

  • DWF requires a deposit equal to first months board to reserve your paddock.

  • DWF has 24 hour surveillance & onsite personnel.

  • We have 2 half and 1 full bath on site. There is a shower available.

  • We have a large lot stationed at the front East side of the barn and another lot on the North side.

    Trucks + trailers can drive around the barn to unload on the West end or can unload straight into their designated paddock. They would then return to the East side of the barn to unhook.

    Regular traffic can park on the East side of the facility.

  • The hours of operation are within 9 am to 5 pm.

  • Check out this impressive list thats all in our back yard!

Find us.

42133 Township Road 252